Plow.



PATENTED JULYVM', 190s.

A; G. STEELE.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 27, 1902."

N0 MODEL.

. rir'rnn ST TES Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,761, dated July 14,1903.

Application filed December 27, 1902. Serial No. 136,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA G. STEELE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pidcock, in the county of Brooks and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the type of plow in which the share is secured to the bifurcatedstandard I have combined a surface-soil-turning wing of peculiarset-back shouldered construction located and fastened at theleft edge ofthe share between it and the standard and secured by the nutted bolt, bywhich the share is fastened to the standard, and thereby adapt the plowto do the work hitherto done by two separate innto the right thesiding-wing will give a sur face turn of the soil at the left, the twokinds of work will thereby be done at the same run.

The accompanying drawings show in Figure 1 a shovel-plow with asurface-turning wing shouldered to form a bearing on the front and onthe side of the. standard. Fig. 2 is a like view, the share beingremoved to show the position of the surface-soil-turning wing as it isbound by its twist-formed shoulder or setback upon the bifurcated barsof the standard. Fig. 3 shows the wing and its twisted or set-backshoulder-forming end. 1

The standard is bifurcated and its bars 1 l are secured to the beam,while the share 2 is fastened by the bolt 3 passing between thestandard-bars and nutted on the rear side of the latter in the usualway. The share is of the form which when fastened in place projects tothe right, so that its left edge is along the standard and itsfastening-bolt is near its upper edge, and at this point the sidingwingt is attached and braced. The wingis a plate about ten inches long andthree inches wide and has its angle end twisted slightly backward at 9from its cutting edge and given an oblique-anglebend at such twist,adapting it thereby to be seated upon and across the front and againstthe side of the standard, so that its blade will extend to the leftthereof and obliquely backward, bringing its upper edge about on a levelwith the upper edge of the share, but standing backslightly by reason ofits twist or set back from the edge of share, so that the lower cuttingedge of the wing will give a scraping siding action over the surface.The Wing thus placed upon .the standard, the share is placed upon thebent end of the wing,'and both the share and the wing are secured by thenutted bolt, binding both parts firmly upon the standard. The twistingof the end of the wing gives it a shoulder formation 5 atits upper thickedge, Fig. 3, so that in seating the wing this shoulder will abutagainst the side of the standard, and thereby support the wing againstthe standa rd, the bolt serving to bind the share and the wing upon thestandard. By this construction both the share and the standard cooperateto give a firm seating and support to the wing, the shoulder 5 of whichis made by bending and twisting the end ofthe wing in two directions,one fiatwise less than a right angle to give the seating of the wingupon and across the front side of the standard, and the other edgewiseto give the shoulder 5 to support the wing against the side of thestandard.

From its cutting edge to its point the wing decreases in width, givingthereby an oblique cutting edge, while at its upper edge the point 6 ismade concave on its upper surface to give a better turning of the soil.

While I prefer to use my improvement with the bifurcated standard,obviously other forms of standards may be used. I

For certain conditions of soil and of the cropas, for instance, a youngcrop and smooth soil-the wing should be run shallow; but with rough soiland older crop the wing should be run deeper. To suit these conditions,the wing is provided with a slot 7, through which the bolt 3 passes, sothat the wing can be set up or down in relation to the top of theshovel, and this is rendered convenient by loosening the nutted boltwhich secures the shovel.

The wing stands obliquely to the path of the plow, so as to turn andpush the soil toward the row of plants, and as this action puts on theWing, a heavy lateral pressure it is the function of the twistedshoulder or setback supported against the side of the standard to resistthis lateral pressure.

I claim- 1. In a plow the standard, the shovel, the surface-soil-turningWing having an angle end and a setback at its upper edge forming ashoulder joining the angle end whereby the latter is supported acrossthe front and against the side of the standard, and the nuttedfastening-bolt.

2. In a plow and in combination with the standard and the shovel, asurface-soiLturning wing having its end bent at an angle, its upper edgetwisted or set back flatwiseforming a shoulder joining the angle andstanding back from the angle end whereby the wing is supported on'thefront and against the side of the standard, and a securing-bolt commonto the shovel and to the Wing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVA G. STEELE.

Witnesses:

T. J. LEAK, E. D. SIKES.

